Performances

Christmas Choral Showcase (SOLD OUT)

12:00 - 13:00 5 December 2021
The University Chorus are delighted to be able to welcome you back to the Martin Harris Centre to watch our first concert since March 2020. Joined by our auditioned choirs, Ad Solem…

Manchester Music Society Extravaganza

15:00 - 17:30 5 December 2021
The University of Manchester Music Society are thrilled to welcome you to their first public performance since the pandemic, returning with a range of exciting repertoire performed…

Novel Voices: Femi Kayode in Conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama (ONLINE)

19:00 - 20:00 6 December 2021
The Novel Voices series features Ellah P Wakatama (Senior Research Fellow) in conversation with debut authors about their craft and the journey to shaping their first, published full…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 16 December 2021
Brahms: String Quartet No. 2, in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 Brahms was even more awed by the prospect writing string quartets than he was by symphonies, reportedly composing and destroying…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (with Michel Lethiec and David Fanning)

19:30 - 21:00 17 December 2021
Thierry Muller: Clarinet Quintet (first performance), with Michel Lethiec Kryštof Maratka: Clarinet Quintet ‘Arboretum of Time’, with Michel Lethiec (UK Premiere) Dvorák: Piano Quintet,…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert (Shostakovich Cycle)

13:10 - 14:00 24 February 2022
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68 Shostakovich sets out on his string quartet path with a deceptively modest piece, composed…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Shostakovich Cycle)

19:30 - 21:00 25 February 2022
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4 in D, Op. 83 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 92 Three masterpieces, leading to…

Quatuor Danel Afternoon Concert (Shostakovich Cycle)

13:00 - 15:00 26 February 2022
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 6 in G, Op. 101 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Shostakovich:…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Shostakovich Cycle)

19:30 - 21:00 26 February 2022
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 10 in A flat, Op. 118 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 in D flat, Op. 133 Shostakovich…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert (Shostakovich Cycle)

13:00 - 15:00 27 February 2022
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 138 Shostakovich: String Quartet No.14 in F sharp, Op. 142 Shostakovich: String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor, Op. 144 The…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 24 March 2022
Sofia Gubaidulina: Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, L.91 Debussy’s String Quartet of 1893, written when the composer was 31 years old,…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:00 25 March 2022
Lera Auerbach: String Quartet No. 5 ‘Song of Alkonost’ (UK premiere) Steve Reich: Different Trains Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30 A 2011 string quartet…

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